Perfect square and perfect cube

Question

Is there any predefined function in c++ to check whether the number is square of any number and same for the cube..

Answer 1

For identifying squares i tried this algorithm in java. With little syntax difference you can do it in c++ too. The logic is, the difference between every two consecutive perfect squares goes on increasing by 2. Diff(1,4)=3 , Diff(4,9)=5 , Diff(9,16)= 7 , Diff(16,25)= 9..... goes on. We can use this phenomenon to identify the perfect squares. Java code is,

    boolean isSquare(int num){
         int  initdiff = 3;
         int squarenum = 1;
         boolean flag = false;
         boolean square = false;
         while(flag != true){

                if(squarenum == num){

                    flag = true;
                    square = true;

                }else{

                    square = false;
                 }
                if(squarenum > num){

                    flag = true;
                }
            squarenum = squarenum + initdiff;
            initdiff = initdiff + 2;
   }
              return square;
 }  

To make the identification of squares faster we can use another phenomenon, the recursive sum of digits of perfect squares is always 1,4,7 or 9. So a much faster code can be...

  int recursiveSum(int num){
     int sum = 0;   
     while(num != 0){
     sum = sum + num%10;
     num = num/10;         
     }
     if(sum/10 != 0){         
        return recursiveSum(sum);     
     }
     else{
         return sum;
     }

 }
  boolean isSquare(int num){
         int  initdiff = 3;
         int squarenum = 1;
         boolean flag = false;
         boolean square = false;
         while(flag != true){

                if(squarenum == num){

                    flag = true;
                    square = true;

                }else{

                    square = false;
                 }
                if(squarenum > num){

                    flag = true;
                }
            squarenum = squarenum + initdiff;
            initdiff = initdiff + 2;
   }
              return square;
 }  

   boolean isCompleteSquare(int a){
    // System.out.println(recursiveSum(a));
     if(recursiveSum(a)==1 || recursiveSum(a)==4 || recursiveSum(a)==7 || recursiveSum(a)==9){

         if(isSquare(a)){

             return true;

         }else{
             return false;
         }


     }else{

         return false;


     }

  }